Windows 10: Internal hard drives not showing up on reinstallation of windows 10

I have a 7 year old PC. I've added a few 2 tb internal hard drives to it over the years - because back then, Intel, Gigabyte and the rest said it could be done - and they were right! I ended up with Drives C, and D, E, F and G. I know, I know. Just call it a personal quirk. The point is, they all worked perfectly. In fact about 3 years ago dust build up required a thorough blow through because the multi fan cooler on the core 7 was choked. I used a garden blower. You wouldn't believe the cloud of dust etc that came out - think small nuclear tests. But on the first boot up, everything was there - C, D, E, F, G and the 2 optical drives.. There was (and is) nothing vital on any of the drives D - G -all data and all important stuff backed up to external HDs). Recently I decided to completely clean C (a 1tb SSD). It has been in for 2 years - and there were no issues with Drives D - G being recognised when this new ssd was installed. This time I again used the MS Creation Tool) and did a completely fresh instalation of Win 10 (Home) - original was Windows 7 retail (just too many weird snags on C had gradually appeared - no system restore, no extenal hard drive connections except for USB3 mem sticks, some apps sticking; no detectable viruses. A quick look inside showed, as previously noticed, vast quantities of dust build up - unshiftable with the canned air tins - so out came the trusty garden blower with the resultant HUGE cloud of gunk drifting away into the neighbourhood. The reinstall went OK - BUT, only 2 of the drives are showing up and only 1 of the 2 optical drives. I've pulled off all the connections off and 'replugged' them, - it hasn't solved the problem. I'm about to swap - physically - the drives around (bad for good) but thought I'd pose 2 questions first - is there anything inherent in the latest iteration of Windows 10 that could be causing this 'non-appearance of 2 Hd drives and 1 optical drive? should another re-install of Windows be undertaken in case the first wasn't 100% successful ( I didn't stay glued to the screen once I'd clicked on the creation tool and confirmed the basics)? Strange thing - Speccy reports OS is Windows 8; winver the latest Windows 10. what's going on there?

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No drive found on my internal hard disk on Dell Latitude E5430.

Hello,My laptop (Dell Latitude E5430) was working perfectly till yesterday. But yesterday night, it restarted on its own and ever since, it's stuck at this screen:



Also, inside the BIOS, no UEFI bootable hard disk drive is being listed.



The UEFI flash disk option shown above is that of my bootable pen drive with Windows 10 installation copy.I googled this issue a bit and the results were as follows:

1. one thread suggested that I should run Dell's internal diagnostics to see if there anything wrong with hard disk. I did that but every component, including the hard disk one, passed these internal test.
   
   
2. a second thread suggested that I should try to remove and reseat the hard disk. I did that following Dell's user manual.
3. another thread suggested that I should reinstall my windows 10 afresh. But when I try to do so, the windows installation wizard doesn't list any drive in the hard disk. It's as if it doesn't detect hard disk at all.
   
   

In a nutshell, while the hard disk is being detected, but none of its drives is. However, the hard disk consisted of 3 drives:

1. C: with the windows' and applications' installations,
2. D: with all of my data,
3. E: which was recovery drive.

Any troubleshooting suggestions?I'm sorry I am not able to help you guys with any logs and stuff because I don't know how to get them when I can't get my Windows to boot. I'm not even sure if this is the correct section where I should be posting this thread.. I'm just so confused right now. *cry

A few weeks ago, I had upgraded (not fresh installation) from windows 10 version 1607 to 20H2. The version 1607 installation was a clean one (from scratch, after formatting the hard disk and creating new partitions).

 

Reinstall Windows 10 to new hard drive

Hi Rodolpho,

We want to know about the issue you're having with your recovery drive. Please answer the questions below:

• Are you trying to reinstall Windows 8 or Windows 10?
• If you already upgraded to Windows 10, were you able to create a new copy of the recovery drive?

We suggest creating a new copy of the recovery drive and then follow the steps provided by Andre Da Costa above this thread.

Update us with the outcome so we can assist you further.

 

Windowed Hard Drives

On the contrary, showing off "slow tech" by adding a window to a hard drive is a "dumb" idea. Do you really want to be showing off a whole "7200-10000 RPM of power" or would you rather show off a plain SSD drive? (If you really desire to "show off")

Adding any window to any drive is just stupid. I just suggested an easier option for you since manufactures don't put windows on the latest hard drives.